The Dillon tribune., 1887-01-14
SHERIDAN SHAvlNGS.
ny one If the W'hifflers)
The Working Of the Butterfly, Plymouth
Rock, Mount Pleasant and other
Mines near Sheridan.

Rock. Mount Pleasant and other
Mines near Sheridan.
CoLrAx, Mont, Jan. sth, 1887.
10 the Editor Of tho TRIBUNE:
Ry way Of introduction / will say that
the boss Of the weather, 50 far as "'Ihe
Beautiful" is concerned, is corning up to
the widest predictions: and verifying to an
alarming extent Ito those who live near
the track Of snow slide) the indications OF
heavy snow, AZ shown BY the vast number
of pine nuts that grew last summer.
never saw the trees 80 loaded, and don't
remember having seen so much snow
at this time Of the year, up this canyon
and have been here more or less for the
past Is years. consider that sign al
most infallible; I've never known It to
fail.
Some Of The mines in this camp were
worked last season.
The Centennial mine which used to be
owned BY Fitzpatrick and Means Is now
the property Of Means, Vansycke' and
Strayer. The latter two are residents Of
Washington, u. G and are members Of the
Butterfly 6. NJ. and NJ. Co. In working
this mine last fall, good quartz was struck
in the bottom Of the shaft which Is 10 feet
deep. They had passed through body Of
lead ore which soon played out. and then
or 6 feet was sunk with little indications
Of any kind Of quartz, but the last days
work in representing showed enough 10
encourage the owner to sink it deeper
next summer. The record Of the lead so
tar has been good and ! hope 1t will sus.
tain Il in the future.
The Butterfly mine is located at
the foot and on the opposite side OF the
mountain upon or near the top, an! on the
Indian creek side Of which the "Centen.
NAL" ID located. This is the mine upon
which the B-hy Co. was organized.
DR.. Vansyckel, the Pres. Of the Co., has
been out here and superintended work up.
on It for the last four summers, but he.
iieve on the whole the results have not
been very satisfactory. They have tun.
mel about aso feet long, run on the vein,
along which few shoots Of good ore were
found; but they were thin and did not ex.
tend along the vein very far; by sinking,
good bodies OF quartz might be found, but
the presence Of great deal Of water pre-.
vented that without considerable outlay
Of money for pumps and other machinery.
Work was discontinued this fall with moth.
ing showing in the face Of the tunnel.
Whether work will be continued next
summer or not, cannot say.
The next mine on the trail down the
canyon Is the "Plymouth Rock" which is
being worked now by W. \. Means. This
mine has been worked more or less Tor the
last twelve years, but like most Of the
mines around here, it is only prospect.
The extent Of the pay shoot Of ore has been
reached In the east end Of the tunnel
which Is run on the vein, and extends in.
to the mountain about 100 feet where the
quartz turned into white iron. Some
very fine specimens were taken out Of this
mine some years ago, and that same streak,
though not so rich, can bc found in places
now. On this side Of the canyon and
farther up the creek are quite a number of
prospec IS that show good rock.
On the other side OF the canyon is the
AMOUNT Pleasant" lode owned by \. Pur.
dun and the estate Of o. NJ. Sweet. \
tunnel about leo feet taps the vein about
that deep from which level is run west
about $50 It which shows an almost con.
,inuous vein OF pretty good rock, from u
few inches 10 two fee, think. There must
be a hundred tons or mere on the dump
which shows by pan prospect Sis or $50
per Ton. There has never been any OF this
quartz millcd.
The next on the north side Of the gulch
is the "Company Lode" which shows
continuous vein, uncovered ut different
points along its entire length for over
mile. More work has been done on this
mine than any other one in this section IF
the country, and l venture the assertion
that more money has been taken out Of il,
than other mine in the county; the i'm.
preston prevails with some that all the
available rock has been worked out OF ID.
b. Noble 4 sons ground above the level
which Is run from tunnel that taps the
vein about I:s feel from the surface. From
the end Of this tunnel levels are run both
ways. The one west to the line Of Bakers
and Mullinix's a nd McKav's ground.